August 2021 - summer!

  summer!  Lake Michigan Beach, Prairie Flowers, 4 Silphium Flowers (Rosinweed, Prairie Dock, Cup Plant, and Compass Plant), and more. 

Check out my daily blog for the month of August 2021 (Doipoil 2021). My blog shows various activities that I do in science, art, nature, culture, land stewardship,
culture, education, ecology, economy, health, and in learning about holistic good, morals, and beyond. I post several photos. Enjoy!

 

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My Daily Blog for 2021 August / Doipoil:

www.z-hub.org/zle-blog/z2021/21-08doipoil.html

 

         Lake Michigan Beach Days.  We've been having fun at the beach.  See the Lake Michigan beach on different summer days: sunny days, windy days, cloudy days.  Plus, see some winter photos of icy Lake Michigan too.   See Lake Michigan photos, in my daily blog. 

 

         Prairie Flowers.  August is the height of many prairie flower blooms, and prairie grasses grow the tallest and bloom too.  For instance, the 4 Silphium flowers are blooming - they are the 4 Super-Tall Yellow Flowers (Rosinweed, Prairie Dock, Cup Plant, and Compass Plant). Also, see photos series of the prairie's amazing growth from April to August.  See prairie flowers and grass photos, in my daily blog. 

         Splendid Summer: July-August-September!  

July 2021 - summer!

  summer!  Michigan and Pennsylvania, Rocks, Water, Lion, Wolf, Bear, oh Deer! and more. 

Check out my daily blog for the month of July 2021 (Siloi2021). My blog shows various activities that I do in science, art, nature, culture, land stewardship,
culture, education, ecology, economy, health, and in learning about holistic good, morals, and beyond. I post several photos. Enjoy!

 

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My Daily Blog for 2021 July / Siloi:

www.z-hub.org/zle-blog/z2021/21-07siloi.html

 

         Michigan and Pennsylvania.  My family has been enjoying Michigan.  Plus, in July, we  visited rural central Pennsylvania to visit extended family.    See Michigan and Pennsylvania photos, in my daily blog. 

 

         Lion, Wolf, Bear, oh Deer!  In the mountains of Pennsylvania, we took a boat tour of Penn's Cave and a tour of native wildlife, including a lion, wolf, bear, and deer.  Plus, we visited the Penn State arboretum with its children's garden and new pollinator garden. See photos of caves, rocks, water, animals, gardens, flowers, and more, in my daily blog. 

         Science Nature Trail of ABC Garden.  Also, in July, at the Prairie Club's Camp Hazelhurst, in Harbert, Michigan, I temporarily set up a prototype of science stations for along an ABC Garden trail.  See photos of Science Nature Trail, in my daily blog.  Enjoy.

         Splendid Summer: July-August-September!  

June 2021 - spring!

 spring!  Yummy Juneberries, Hot Dry Summer-like Spring, June flowers on woody trees and herbaceous plants, and more. 

Check out my daily blog for the month of June 2021 (Hoehee 2021). My blog shows various activities that I do in science, art, nature, culture, land stewardship,
culture, education, ecology, economy, health, and in learning about holistic good, morals, and beyond. I post several photos. Enjoy!

 

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My Daily Blog for 2021 June / Hoehee: Daily Blog   

www.z-hub.org/zle-blog/z2021/21-06hoehee.html

 

         Yummy Juneberries and  Late Spring Flowers. My family enjoys eating native wild edible plants, including the berries from the Juneberry tree (Amelanchier arborea).   Meanwhile, many flowers are blooming on woody trees and non-woody herbaceous plants, in the woods, in town, on roadsides, and in the prairies.    See selected June flower photos, in my daily blog.  Enjoy.

 

         Hot, Dry Spring 2021 - Feels like Summer. It's already felt like summer, like August, hot and dry.  Michigan did not get much rain this spring 2021.  The hot sunny days have warmed up the lake early.  We've had some nice summer beach days, already.   Lake Michigan's southern coastal surface water has been nicely warm (68 degrees F) to swim in, during some hot days this June.  Most years, the water temperature still lingers in the 50 degrees.  See June Spring photos, in my daily blog.  Enjoy.

         End of a Happy Spring: April-May-June!  

         Summer begins June 20th.

         Enjoy Your Summer: July-August-September!  

May 2021 - spring!

   spring!  Blog's 3rd Anniversary, selected past nature photos, nature classes, spring flowers, and more.  

I started my 2 blogs in May 2018. 
My blogs: Daily Blog and Monthly Blog
Happy Blog 3rd Anniversary.   

Check out my daily blog for the month of May 2021 (Yeeyoet 2021). My blog shows various activities that I do in science, art, nature, culture, land stewardship,
culture, education, ecology, economy, health, and in learning about holistic good, morals, and beyond. I post several photos. Enjoy!

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My Daily Blog for 2021 May / Yeeyoet: Daily Blog   

www.z-hub.org/zle-blog/z2021/21-05yeeyoet.html

 

         Happy Blog 3rd Anniversary. Originally, this blog was made ready to be my work log at someone's new business, in which I'd teach and steward at the habitats and gardens, at a potential woods and farm site, in 2018; but, her business never got going. Thus, instead of a work blog at one property, I went ahead and made a work blog of my teaching and stewarding, at various places, throughout southwest Michigan, USA.  See selected past stewardship, plant, and wild animal photos, in my daily blog.  Enjoy.

 

         May 2021. Thru the Galien Valley Nature and Culture Program, I'm teaching Habitats and Wildlife, an in-person class, outdoors.  For class, we visit the lake and dunes, the wetlands, the prairie, and the woods, in-person.  Also this May, in Michigan, fresh new green leaves grew on trees.  Plus, many spring wildflowers bloomed, including yellow and pink flowers, Jack-in-the-Pulpits, Wild Geraniums, and Shooting Stars.   See photos of my classes and spring native wildflowers, in my daily blog.  Enjoy.

         Happy Spring: April-May-June!  

Landscapes of Learning

  Videos on Landscapes of Learning. Nature and Education videos. ABC Garden and more.

Alexandra Burkhart interviews nature education teachers. She interviewed me twice in April.  My interviews are about landscape architecture, nature classes at the Galien Valley Nature and Culture Program, and the ABC Garden. The two interviews go together.  Part One is a face to face interview.  Part Two is more of a presentation with pictures. Enjoy.

 

See Interview Part 1 on YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=iVD9g-zo6kU
30 minutes

 

 

See Interview Part 2 on YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=iHPyZR7rGPc
40 minutes

April 2021 - spring!

  spring!  April and May flowers bloom in April, nature classes, Landscapes of Learning video, and more. 

Check out my daily blog for the month of April 2021 (Menen 2021). My blog shows various activities that I do in science, art, nature, culture, land stewardship,
culture, education, ecology, economy, health, and in learning about holistic good, morals, and beyond. I post several photos. Enjoy!

 

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My Daily Blog for 2021 April / Menen: Daily Blog   

www.z-hub.org/zle-blog/z2021/21-04menen.html

 

         Happy Spring.  Yellow and Pink blooms in April. The blooms were strange this April, in Michigan, because both April and some May flowers blossomed in April.  For example, the April-Daffodils bloomed at the same time as the May-Tulips.  The April-Bloodroot blossomed concurrently with the May-Trillium.  As for woody shrubs, the April-Forsythia flowered together with the May-Redbud and the May-Juneberry.  See many flower photos, in my daily blog.  Enjoy.

 

         Spring 2021 classes. Thru the Galien Valley Nature and Culture Program, I'm teaching Habitats and Wildlife, an in-person class, outdoors.  For class, we visit the lake and dunes, the wetlands, the prairie, and the woods, in-person.  In April, we visited a prairie, a few days after a controlled burn.  See photos of my classes and a prescribed fire of a prairie, in my daily blog.  Enjoy.

 

         Landscapes of Learning video, on YouTube. Alexandra Burkhart interviews nature education teachers. She interviewed me twice in April.  My interviews are about landscape architecture, nature classes at the Galien Valley Nature and Culture Program, and the ABC Garden. The two interviews go together.  One is a face to face interview.  The other is more of a presentation with pictures. See the interview videos, in my daily blog.  Enjoy. 

         Happy Spring: April-May-June!  

March 2021 - winter!

 end of winter!  March Melt of 15" of snow and Lake Michigan ice, nature classes, End of Winter flowers, and more. 

Check out my daily blog for the month of March 2021 (Shoover 2021). My blog shows various activities that I do in science, art, nature, culture, land stewardship,
culture, education, ecology, economy, health, and in learning about holistic good, morals, and beyond. I post several photos. Enjoy! 

 

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My Daily Blog for 2021 March / Shoover: Daily Blog   

www.z-hub.org/zle-blog/z2021/21-03shoover.html

 

         Winter-Spring 2021 classes. Thru the Galien Valley Nature and Culture Program, I'm teaching Habitats and Wildlife as well as Backyard Art Zoom.  In Habitats and Wildlife, we visit the lake and dunes, the wetlands, the prairie, and the woods, in-person.  In Backyard Art Zoom, an online class, we explore art and we explore our snowy backyards.  See photos of my classes, in my daily blog.

         March Melt of 15-inches of Snow. 

         Plus, the March Melt of ice on Lake Michigan. I exhibit many photos of the dramatic melt of snow and ice at Lake Michigan and its beach.  See photos of the melting ice scenes of Lake Michigan, in my daily blog.

 

         The Ides of March Flowers.  March 15th flowers.   Today, March 15th, it hailed and snowed here in Three Oaks, Michigan.  It's still winter.  Yet, it's been sunny the past few days and the few flowers at the End of Winter have started to bloom, including the European Crocus and Snowdrops.  Michigan's native Harbinger of Spring wildflower is blooming now too.  Plus, a few spring wildflowers are budding and sprouting.  See flower photos, in my daily blog.

         Happy End of Winter: January-February-March!

         Spring begins in a few days - Spring Equinox is March 20th.